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Queen coris
Coris formosa
Name as used by FishBase. WoRMS gives Allocoris formosa as the accepted name. Kept the FishBase name so records match the FishBase checklist.
- English
- Queen coris
- Scientific
- Coris formosa
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 60 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats (usually 2 to 50 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A large wrasse; juveniles are orange with large black-edged white saddles, and terminal males are reddish to lavender with blue-green spots on the tail. It reaches about 60 cm and feeds on crustaceans, molluscs and sea urchins.
In the Maldives
WoRMS now places this species in the genus Allocoris.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Coris-formosa.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Coris_formosa_34186077.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.